Austro-Hungarian-born Otto Ludwig Preminger began his career with stage-productions. His directorial debut film was successful Austrian drama-film ‘The Great Love’ (1931).
Preminger’s first Hollywood film was romantic-comedy ‘Under Your Spell’ (1936). Next, he directed screwball comedy ‘Danger- Love at Work’ (1937), followed by adventure-film ‘Kidnapped’ (1938), which he left halfway due to creative differences. He played a ‘Major’ in 1942 film ‘The Pied Piper.’
Preminger’s next film ‘Margin for Error’ (1943), wherein he also played role of ‘Karl Baumer,’ faced setback due to war. He appeared as a ‘Nazi’ in Bob Hope-starrer comedy-film ‘They Got Me Covered’ (1943).
Preminger produced-directed drama-film ‘In the Meantime, Darling’ (1944), followed by film noir ‘Laura’ (1944), a major hit which brought him first ‘Academy Award’ nomination. In 1945 he directed comedy-drama film ‘A Royal Scandal,’ which was unsuccessful, and produced-directed film-noir ‘Fallen Angel’ and musical ‘Centennial Summer’ (1946).
Preminger replaced director (Stahl) in adventure-drama-romance film ‘Forever Amber’ (1947), a box-office success. Next, he produced-directed romantic-drama movie ‘Daisy Kenyon’ (1947), followed by drama-film ‘The Fan’ (1949) based on Oscar Wilde’s play.
In the early 1950s Preminger produced-directed film-noir like ‘Whirlpool’ (1950), ‘Where the Sidewalk Ends’ (1950), ‘The 13th Letter’ (1951), ‘Angel Face’ (1953). His romantic-comedy based on Broadway play ‘The Moon is Blue’ (1953) invited many protests for the use of offending words. He directed and voiced a role in German-language translation of same film ‘Die Jungfrau auf dem dach’ (1953), and played ‘Oberst von Scherbach’ in drama-war film ‘Stalag 17’ (1953).
In 1954 Preminger directed Western ‘River of No Return,’ and produced-directed musical-film ‘Carmen Jones.’ His next drama-film ‘The Man with the Golden Arm’ (1955) dealt with drug-addiction. His further films include ‘The Court-Marshall of Billy Mitchell’ (1955), historical-drama ‘Saint Joan’ (1957), ‘Bonjour Tristesse’ (1958), musical-drama ‘Porgy & Bess’ (1959).
Preminger’s courtroom-drama ‘Anatomy of a Murder’ (1959) raised censor controversies and earned Oscar nomination for ‘Best Picture.’ His next films were epic historical-drama ‘Exodus’ (1960), political-drama about homosexuality ‘Advice & Consent’ (1962). His drama-film with Vatican background ‘The Cardinal’ (1963) fetched second ‘Academy Award’ nomination for direction.
This courtroom-drama film revolves around a Michigan lawyer, Paul Biegler, who takes the case of Army Lt. Manion who murders a local innkeeper after his wife claimed that he had raped her.
A police detective in Manhattan is investigating the murder of a woman in her fashionable apartment. As the detective becomes more and more involved with the case, he also finds himself in love with the dead woman.
Robert Leffingwell is chosen as the President’s nominee for Secretary of State. However, prior to his approval, he needs to go through a Senate investigation that will determine if he is qualified. It is soon revealed that he used to have affiliations with a communist organization in the past.
Where the Sidewalk Ends is a crime film which tells the story of Mark Dixon, a police detective, who is demoted for his aggressive and violent behavior. Despite this, he always wants to be on the good side of the law, unlike his criminal father. Problems arise when he begins to fall for a woman named Morgan, who is involved in a murder case that he is investigating.
The Man with the Golden Arm is an American drama film which tells the story of Frankie Machine, a heroin addict, who is released from jail. He struggles to avoid slipping back into addiction, and meanwhile, he also tries to rebuild his life.
Bunny Lake Is Missing is a psychological thriller mystery film which tells the story of a woman named Ann Lake, who is settled in England with her daughter Bunny. After Bunny’s first day at school, she goes missing, and therefore Ann goes to the police to file a complaint, but soon her own sanity is questioned when it seems that there is no evidence of her daughter ever existing. When her brother appears and backs up the suspicions of the police, it seems that Ann may really be a mentally disturbed individual.
Navy Captain Torrey manages to bring his ship through the Pearl Harbor bombing unscathed. However, the ship is later damaged in a subsequent battle due to his negligence, which leads to his demotion. Soon, he tries to mend his relationship with his estranged son, and begins to take a liking to a nurse named Maggie. However he is soon called back for duty. Torrey sees his as his second opportunity to prove himself.
Frank is making his living driving an ambulance, although his dream is to run his own sports car repair shop one day. While responding to an emergency call, he meets a beautiful heiress named Diane, and within some time, they become quite close. Soon, her family offers him a job as a chauffeur, which he accepts. When Diane’s parents are killed in a car accident one day, she becomes the prime suspect, being the sole heir to the fortune. Upon the advice of their defense attorney, Diane and Frank decide to get married, to avoid suspicion.
Known for her numerous affairs, Catherine the Great, discards her latest lover and begins an affair with young officer Alexei Chernoff, much to the displeasure of Chernoff’s fiancée. As one of her generals, Ronsky schemes to dethrone Catherine, her chancellor, Nicolai Ilyitch, must not only stop him but prevent any new scandals.
This historical drama film revolves around the creation of the State of Israel, created in 1948. This however results in war with its Arab neighbors.
Set during World War II, the film revolves around Carmen Jones, who works in a parachute factory. When she is arrested after having a fight with a co-worker, she seduces a young soldier, Joe, in order to avoid imprisonment. But, the problem arises when another man enters her life and she leaves Joe.
Lord Windermere appears to all as the perfect husband, including his young wife Margaret. However, their happy marriage is sabotaged, after Lord Windermere begins to spend his afternoons with an adventuress who is working her way through London’s high society. Things even get worse after Lord Windermere asks his wife to invite Margaret to her own birthday party.
Based on the 1886 novel of the same name by RL Stevenson, this adventure drama film revolves around David Balfour, whose evil uncle arranges for him to be kidnapped and sent to sea. However, David’s life takes a turn after he gets unwillingly attached to Alan Breck, a rebel, who murders a tax collector.
After completing his prison sentence, farmer Matt Calder returns his town in order to reunite with his young son. Meanwhile, a bar singer Kay is heading downriver with her boyfriend Harry, in order to explore a potential gold claim. When their raft sinks, Harry robs Matt of his gun and his horse, and he continues on his journey without Kay. Therefore, the three of them plan revenge.
Forever Young is a historical adventure drama film which takes us to seventeenth-century England. The film revolves around a young country girl named Amber St Clair, who attempts to raise herself to nobility. Although she develops feelings for a soldier named Bruce, she decides to get married to the Earl of Radcliffe, after the latter takes a liking to her.
Based on a play by George Bernard Shaw, the movie tells the story of Joan of Arc. The French saint and heroine led the French army in many successful battles against the English until she was tragically betrayed and burnt at the stake for her connection to God.
Henry MacMorrow is a junior partner working at a law firm who is assigned a task of obtaining the signatures of several members of the Pemberton family so that a property owned by them can be sold. He makes his way to their home by train, and on route, he meets Junior Pemberton, and his sister Toni. Toni eventually starts developing feelings for Henry.
After serving seventeen years in jail, a crook meets the girl whom he had kidnapped as baby. She now believes that he is her father. However, he decides to return her back to her real father, but things get complicated when his former cellmate tries to get in the way.
The 13th Letter is a mystery film which tells the story of Dr Pearson, who comes to a quiet town in Quebec to set up his medical practice. He lodges in the house of another doctor named Paul. Things get complicated when someone begins to write letters accusing Dr Pearson and Cora, Paul’s wife of having an affair.
The musical revolves around The Centennial International Exhibition of 1876. Julia and Edith’s Aunt, Zenia, visits them with nephew Philippe Lascalles, who’s in charge of the French Pavilion at the exposition. Both sisters fall in love with him and try in their own way to win him over. While Philippe is drawn to Julia, Edith accepts marriage-proposal of longtime suitor Dr. Phelps.
The adaptation of Graham Greene’s novel ‘The Human Factor’, follows mid-level MI6 bureaucrat Maurice Castle, who unwittingly becomes a mole leaking information to the Soviets, while trying to get his African wife out of apartheid South Africa. Castle will be tested with the MI6 out to find and kill the mole.
This romantic comedy drama film tells the story of three wildly neurotic characters. The first one is a facially disfigured girl; the second one is a homosexual paraplegic, and the last one is an introverted epileptic. After being discharged from the hospital, they decide to move in together in a cottage, to support one another.
New York housewife, Julie Messinger, is happy with her successful art-director husband Richard. When he goes into coma following a routine surgery, she is shocked to discover that Richard was having numerous extra-marital affairs, some with her close friends. Upset and indignant, she gets drunk and has affairs on the rebound. But when Richard’s complications worsen, she wants him to live on.
Ten years after the First World War has ended, an Austrian soldier leaves Russia and returns to his village, where he meets a woman named Frieda, a widowed shopkeeper, who is convinced that he is her long-lost son, who had disappeared in a prison camp years ago. Although the soldier knows that he is not her son, he decides to play along as he is unemployed and virtually penniless. He soon gets acquainted with a girl named Anny, who is trying to run away to avoid an arranged marriage.
In rural Georgia, bigoted, greedy Henry Warren and his wife Julie Ann plan to sell their land but to do so they need to sell two adjoining lands. When the landowners, Reeve and Rad form an alliance against Henry, a desperate Henry resolves to heinous tactics including involving the KKK to get what he wants.
That Lady in Ermine is a romantic comedy fantasy film which shows us the life of Countess Angelina, ruler of Bergamo in southeastern Europe. She gets married to Mario, a baron she has known since her childhood days. However, things get complicated when their castle is threatened on the very night of their wedding, after which Mario decides to flee. To aid Angelina against the attackers, Francesca, one of her ancestors, who looks exactly like Angelina, comes to life from a painting.
Margin for Error is a war drama comedy film which tells the story of a Jewish patrolman, who is quite upset to learn that he has been assigned the task of guarding a Nazi diplomat.
Maggie and Daniel are newly married, and they move to a base for soldiers and their wives. While Daniel is preparing for serving in the Second World War, Maggie has problems adjusting to her new life, since she comes from an affluent family. This attitude causes tension with some of the other soldier’s wives, but one of them decides to help her adjust.
Reporter, Larry Martin, working undercover for the CIA is tasked with the rescue of five kidnapped wealthy girls from the yacht Rosebud. The girls have been kidnapped by the anti-Israel Palestinian Liberation Army. Meanwhile, Sloat, the extremist head of Black September is also heading the same way but with different intent.
During WWII, two American airmen trying to escape German POW camp at Stalag 17, are caught and killed. The remaining prisoners think they have a traitor amidst them and they suspect Sergeant Sefton to be an informer as he often traded with the guards for small privileges. When Sefton receives rough treatment from fellow prisoners, he decides to find the real culprit.
Bunny Lake Is Missing is a psychological thriller mystery film which tells the story of a woman named Ann Lake, who is settled in England with her daughter Bunny. After Bunny’s first day at school, she goes missing, and therefore Ann goes to the police to file a complaint, but soon her own sanity is questioned when it seems that there is no evidence of her daughter ever existing. When her brother appears and backs up the suspicions of the police, it seems that Ann may really be a mentally disturbed individual.
The Pied Piper is a drama film which tells the story of John Sidney, an English man holidaying in France, in 1940. But his life turns upside down after he learns that the Germans have invaded. Although he dislikes little kids, he agrees to help a couple get their two children safely back to England. However, this seems harder than he expected.
This historical drama film revolves around the creation of the State of Israel, created in 1948. This however results in war with its Arab neighbors.
Fired by his editor due to his incompetence, an idiotic reporter seeks to redeem himself after he accidentally uncovers a network of Nazi spies in Washington.
Margin for Error is a war drama comedy film which tells the story of a Jewish patrolman, who is quite upset to learn that he has been assigned the task of guarding a Nazi diplomat.
Bill Morgan wants to join the military during World War II to impress the beautiful Lucilla Powell. However, he is rated as unfit for the army. He soon finds a magic lamp, from which a genie emerges. The genie grants him his wish of serving in the Army, but gets the era wrong. Bill therefore finds himself at a different time in history.
Bunny Lake Is Missing is a psychological thriller mystery film which tells the story of a woman named Ann Lake, who is settled in England with her daughter Bunny. After Bunny’s first day at school, she goes missing, and therefore Ann goes to the police to file a complaint, but soon her own sanity is questioned when it seems that there is no evidence of her daughter ever existing. When her brother appears and backs up the suspicions of the police, it seems that Ann may really be a mentally disturbed individual.
This historical drama film revolves around the creation of the State of Israel, created in 1948. This however results in war with its Arab neighbors.
Bill Morgan wants to join the military during World War II to impress the beautiful Lucilla Powell. However, he is rated as unfit for the army. He soon finds a magic lamp, from which a genie emerges. The genie grants him his wish of serving in the Army, but gets the era wrong. Bill therefore finds himself at a different time in history.
